The Thin Red Line

1998

Action / Drama / History / War

Synopsis

U.S. Army Private Witt (AWOL) is found and imprisoned on a troop carrier by his company First Sergeant, Welsh.The men of C Company,1st Battalion,27th Infantry Regiment,25th Infantry Division have been brought to Guadalcanal as reinforcements in the campaign to secure Henderson Field and seize the island from the Japanese. They arrive near Hill 210, a key Japanese position. Their task is to capture the hill at all cost. What happens next is a story developing about redemption and the meaningless of war. Regardless the outcome.

U.S. Army Private Witt (AWOL) is found and imprisoned on a troop carrier by his company First Sergeant, Welsh.The men of C Company,1st Battalion,27th Infantry Regiment,25th Infantry Division have been brought to Guadalcanal as reinforcements in the campaign to secure Henderson Field and seize the island from the Japanese. They arrive near Hill 210, a key Japanese position. Their task is to capture the hill at all cost. What happens next is a story developing about redemption and the meaningless of war. Regardless the outcome.

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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Dusan Petrovic8 / 10

From Here to Eternity

The other thing which caught Stein's attention was something which caught the corner of his eye in the glasses as he lay looking at Tella and wondering what to do. A figure emerged from the grass on the right-hand ridge plodding rear-ward across the flat and began to mount the forward slope of the fold. Turning the glasses on him, Stein saw that it was his Sergeant McCron, that he was wringing his hands, and that he was weeping. On his dirty face two great white streaks of clean skin ran from eye to chin accentuating the eyes as if he were wearing the haunting makeup of a tragic actor in some Greek drama.

Reviewed by marekerek6 / 10

Underwhelming, but not bad

Acting: A film full of stars, not one performance is bad. The best performance in my opinion is that of Nick Nolte. Inclusion of John Travolta and George Clooney might be a bit unnecessary, but it doesn't do any harm so I don't have any problems with that. 8/10

Direction and cinematography: Wonderful. The camera-work is perfect, the battle scenes are not confusing and very well shot. 9/10

Soundtrack: The main score by Hans Zimmer(Journey to the Line) isn't by far his greatest, but it's not bad either. What I loved though are the choirs in the beginning and during the subtitles. 8/10

Plot and screenplay: This is where the film fails to deliver. The plot is way too simple for a 170 minutes long movie. It's dragging, there are scenes where virtually nothing at all happens. The dialogue is all very philosophical, some good lines but it doesn't move the plot much. Same goes for all the monologues. 1/10

Overall: I was very hyped going into this movie. All those terrific actors, Hans Zimmer doing the music.. And it bore me to death. I was very disappointed with the plot. It was way too long. The biggest plus goes for the choir soundtrack and acting. 6/10

Best scene: Opening 10 minutes.

Reviewed by MuLynch10 / 10

What a great movie .

Please help i want to stop re-watching this great movie . what can i say ? i can't say anything just if you haven't seen this movie just stop reading and close the window of this page and watch it. i think and believe there is not war movie comparing with this great movie . Thank you Malick